What Do You Eat On The Mediterranean Diet?

The Mediterranean diet, while effective for weight loss, has gained a tremendous following because of its health benefits to your brain, heart, and disease prevention. The diet relies heavily on plant based foods, and a select list of “good fats” that promote long term heart health.

People from the region, who followed the diet daily, consistently had a reduced risk of cancer, heart disease, and certain diseases of the brain.

The Diet Basics

If you’re new to the diet, or just interested in an overview, here are the basic diet rules everyone is asked to follow:

Don’t Eat This

The diet models, and attempts to mimic, the eating behavior of a specific group of people from Greece, Italy, Spain and France.

The “do not eat” foods are not an arbitrary list of foods that are considered unhealthy. You’re asked to avoid these foods because it was not a main staple of Mediterranean people and was not eaten regularly.